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I hate the new tags in Mavericks, need coloured folders!!

Is there a way to return the colour folders when using the new tags like the old behavior of labels? These new circle thingees are too small and barely noticable.

OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 6:45 PM

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Oct 24, 2013 8:19 PM in response to Madashelluphere

I'm really Agree with it. It is absolutely useless for me

I work with a lots of folders whole day and now i got problem to find my folders properly and easily as it was in Mountain Lion !

I don't understand why they did not let us to choose the tags or labels opetion by ourselves

The spotlight is working good enough to find and i don't think so that tags can be helpful more !

although we really need the labels and colours back to folders ! it is really disappointing

Oct 25, 2013 7:55 AM in response to Baronesa185

Baronesa185 wrote:


...all my biology folders were green, all my research folders were blue...

Presumably you're referring to the folder labels rather than the folders (icons) themselves. But this Folders Factory app allows you to easily change the color (and more) of folders:


User uploaded file


Although that app has excellent reviews, I haven't tried it. Instead, I've made my own colored folders by following the instructions in the section Changing an item's icon here:


Mac Basics: About icons in OS X


...Here are my resulting folder templates from which I can create a duplicate new folder or modify the color of an existing one:


User uploaded file


User uploaded file

Oct 26, 2013 1:40 AM in response to Madashelluphere

I really hate this too. With labels you could highlight files too and not just colour folders.


Odd thing is the old way of doing it is still there. I use Modo for my 3D work and if I use something like the open file menu command the finder dialog box that opens uses the old labels style. I tested this with adding 2 tags and the highlight colour takes on whichever tag you last tagged it with.


It's not a fix but hopefully as the functionality is still there there may be some way of adding it back in an update or hack in the future.

I hate the new tags in Mavericks, need coloured folders!!

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